 Telegraphist air gunners were also trained at Lee-on-Solent in the years leading up to the Second World War.750 Naval Air Squadron was formed at RNAS Ford on 24 May 1939 from the Royal Navy Observer School, but after Ford was bombed early in the war, it moved to RNAS Yeovilton.Changing title from a school to a squadron did not change its basic purpose, which was the training of observers for the Fleet Air Arm.